Radiator support



Feb. 1 7. 1925.

c. H. COBB RADIATOR SUPPORT Filed April ll 1922 Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED STAT-ES CHARLES HA RY cone, or BUTTE, MONTANA.

RADIATOR SUPPORT.

Application filed April 11, 1922. Serial No. 551,486.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES HARRY COBB, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Butte, in the county of Silver Bow and State of Montana, has lnvented new and useful Improvements in Radiator Supports, of which the following is a specification. v I

The object of the invention is to provide ja supporting means for radiators which shall be concealed from view and while facilitating the mounting of the radiator and the adaptation of the radiator thereto, shall laying the floor after the radiators are in place, laying and removing carpet or rugs and of disposing the radiator at any desired elevation to accommodate special or unusual heights of base boards; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front view of a radiator supported by means constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figures 3 and i are plan views respectively of the upper and lower members of the support.

The support contemplates upper and lower members of which the former indicated at serve merely as a spacing or distance member to position the radiator indicated at 11 while the latter indicated generally at 12 is designed to bear the weight of the radiator. In the application of the support in preparation for the attachment thereto of the radiator it is proposed to provide for positioning the anchoring means during the roofing or building operations as for example the construction of a wall upon which the radiator is to be suspended, so that after the wall has been completed and finished the radiator may be put in place either before or after the flooring has been completed, and

to this end there is employed in connection with each of the supporting members an anchor bolt engaged with the wall structure whether of tile, brick or other material adapted to be set during the construction of the wall or erection of the masonry por-- tion of the wall.- In the construction illus trated the anchor bolt 13 for the upper sup porting member is arranged to project beyond the surface of the finished wall a sufficient distance to receive a nut 14 by which a spacing bracket 15 is secured against the surface of the wall, said bracket preferably consisting of a horizontal member of a length determining the distance between the rear surface of the radiator and the plane of the wall and terminal downwardly and upwardly extending ears 16 and 17, of which the former is engaged by the anchor bolt 13 and the latter is engaged by a retaining bolt 18. In order to provide for an adjustment of the bracket relative to the anchor bolt, so that mathematical accuracy in the setting of the anchor bolt may not be required (and which may be prevented by the fact that the joints between the bricks or tiles may not occur in the right place to suit the anchor bolt), the depending ear 16 of the bracket is provided with a transverse slot 16 for the reception of the anchor bolt.

The retaining bolt engages a vertical slot- 17" in the upwardly directed ear 17 of the bracket, said slot being open ended to facilitate the engagement of the retaining bolt therewith, and the ear being provided with lugs 19 forming a seat for the reception of the nut 20 of the retaining bolt, so as to hold the nut against turning during the tightening .of the retaining bolt. Fitted to the head of the retaining bolt is a cupped bearing plate 21 of conical form to snugly seat between the coils of the radiator.

In. connection with the anchor bolt of the lower supporting member there is employed an anchor plate 9.3 which is preferably arranged against the rough wall surface so as to be covered by the wall linishing material such as the plaster shown at 24, to afford a means of concealing the anchor plate, and at the lower end of the anchor plate there is arranged a foot 25 extending into the wall structure and serving as the actual active element for supporting the weight which is to be imposed upon the lower supporting member when the radiator is positioned. Extending outwardly from 'the anchor plate is a supporting eye 26 for engagement by an anchor bolt 27 which supports a stirrup 28 ha-ving a forwardly or outwardly projecting 11001529 upon which the lower circulaiin'g tube '30 of the radiator rests. The hook extends between the coils of the radiator for engagement with the said tube or coupling.

The eye 26 from which the anchor bolt depends is provided with a transverse slot 26 to permit of adjustment of the hanger bolt and hence of the stirrup laterally to suit the intervals betweenvthe coils and at the same time permit of the arrangement of the radiator in the desired position longit udinally with relation to the wall adjacent to which it is disposed. The eye 26 is provided at its upp r-side with a pair of lugs 31 forming a seat for-the reception of the nut "32 which engages the end of the hangerbolt-scum the latter may-be turned by'me'ans-of a wrench applied to the head 33 bearing againstthe lower side 'o'f'the stirrup t'o adjust'the radiator vertically and hence "to 'the desired distance above the plane of Furthern'iore the rear or inner side of'the' stlrrup is provided with a bearring face '34 for direct contact with the surftace "of the wall and thisbearing occurs adjace'n't'to andipreferably opposite the lower end of'the 'anchorplate from whichprojects the foot 25, as shown inthe drawing, sothat the weight applied to the stirrup by the "radiator is applied perpendicularly to the surface of'the wallthrough the bearing face 34 and'the weightrap plied by'the stirrup to the 'hanger eye'26 issuppo'rted directly'by the "foot of the anchor plate.

Hence there is no shearing strain applied to either'oftheianchor bolts and the upper anchor bolt serves merely as a means of holdin gthe radiator in a vertical position so that its weight may be carried by the lower member of the support, and'the application or hanging of the radiator may occur afterthe finishingaof the wall has-been completed and under such conditionsas to permit of cleaning beneath and in rear thereof orlaying'and removing carpets or other floorcovering without involving any inconvenience.

Having described the invention, what =is claimed as new and HSGfLIl:'ISI- 1. A support for radiators comprising an anchor plate adapted for arrangement against a rough wall surface so as to be covered "by the ifinishing material thereof, said anchor plate being provided at its lower end with a right angularly disposed foot extending nto the wall structure and serv- 'ing'as a 'prnnesu-pporting element to resist downward strain, anchoring means for sevcuring the anchor plate at the upper end to resist strains tending'to pull the plate from the wall sur 'r'acc, a stirrup adapted .tor engagement with the lower portion of ttlddltltor, the anchor plate being ,provided with a supporting element protruding beyond the finished wall surface, an anchor bolt carried by said supporting element and depending therefrom andparalleling the wall surface and engaging the stirrup, an anchor nut applied to the bolt, and means operaitively connecting the nut with said element to prevent displacement of the nut, said stirrup being provided with a bearing foot bodyhaving a vertical slot at its upper end to receive securing means to penetrate a wall and provided at its-lower end with a right angularly disposed foot extending into the wallradapted as a ,prime support to re sist downward strain of a radiatoiy the body of the anchor plate havingan outstanding lug with a transverse elongated slot to receive attaching means for a support forthe lower-part of the radiator, said last named support adapted to overlie the "footed portion of the anchor plate to resistany out ward displacement i thereof.

In testimon I whereof he a'flixes his si ma ture.

1 CHARLES THARR- Y CQBB. 

